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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4850332, member: 99456"]No shortage of coins in this thread to sit and silently admire - a fabulous coin [USER=101013]@Limes[/USER]. Since Anthony has not made an appearance yet as a key figure in the battle at Actium, I will add a coin of Octavian + Mark Antony to the thread - or in this case it seems Mark Anthony and <font size="3">Octavian</font>, or perhaps portrait size is not in any way a slight. This coin about 10 years before the final battle and death of Antony in Egypt.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171273[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><b>Marcus Antonius with Octavianus and M. Barbatius</b>, AR denarius, military mint moving with Mark Antony (Ephesus?), 41 BC</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> M ANT IMP AVG III•VIR•R•P•C•M•BARBAT Q P , bare head of Mark Antony to right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev: </b>CAESAR•IMP•PONT•III•VIR•R•P•C•, bare head of Octavian to right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 517/2, RBW 1798, Sydenham 1181</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Note: </b>banker's mark on the reverse</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4850332, member: 99456"]No shortage of coins in this thread to sit and silently admire - a fabulous coin [USER=101013]@Limes[/USER]. Since Anthony has not made an appearance yet as a key figure in the battle at Actium, I will add a coin of Octavian + Mark Antony to the thread - or in this case it seems Mark Anthony and [SIZE=3]Octavian[/SIZE], or perhaps portrait size is not in any way a slight. This coin about 10 years before the final battle and death of Antony in Egypt. [ATTACH=full]1171273[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Marcus Antonius with Octavianus and M. Barbatius[/B], AR denarius, military mint moving with Mark Antony (Ephesus?), 41 BC [B]Obv:[/B] M ANT IMP AVG III•VIR•R•P•C•M•BARBAT Q P , bare head of Mark Antony to right [B]Rev: [/B]CAESAR•IMP•PONT•III•VIR•R•P•C•, bare head of Octavian to right [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 517/2, RBW 1798, Sydenham 1181 [B]Note: [/B]banker's mark on the reverse[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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